An Electoral Literacy Club is a platform to engage school students through interesting activities and hands-on experience to sensitise them on their electoral rights and familiarise them with the electoral process of registration and voting. ELCs are also present in colleges and rural communities.

At ELCs, learning meets fun. Activities and Games are designed to stimulate and motivate students provoking them to think and ask questions. Through ELC, Election Commission of India, aims at strengthening the culture of electoral participation among young and future voters.

Who shall be the members of ELCs?ELCs are present in Schools, Colleges and Rural Communities. Following will be the members in each type of ELC –

Schools : Students from Class IX – XII; 14-17 year olds

Colleges : 18 – 21 year olds

Rural Communities (Chunav Pathshala) : All members of the village

What shall we do in ELCs

In the ELCs, members will be part of interesting and thought-provoking, mostly classroom based activities and games. There are around 25 such activities and 6 games which have been carefully designed to impart specific learning which will help them become an ‘Empowered (Prospective) Voter’.

How can a School/College enrol for the ELC?

The School/College can approach the following:

District Collector who is also the District Election Officer (DEO)

Electoral Registration Officer(ERO)

ELC Resources

The activities and games developed under the ELC project have been detailed out in 6 different easy to understand resource guides, presented in a step by step format for the benefit of the Club Conveners:

Activities

About Us

Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) is a programme of multi interventions through different modes and media designed to educate citizens, electors and voters about the electoral process in order to increase their awareness and participation in the electoral processes. SVEEP is designed according to the socio-economic, cultural and demographic profile of the state as well as the history of electoral participation in previous rounds of elections and learning thereof.

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Election Commission of India

The Election Commission of India is an autonomous constitutional authority responsible for administering election processes in India. The body administers elections to the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, State Legislative Assemblies in India, and the offices of the President and Vice President in the country. The Election Commission operates under the authority of Constitution per Article 324, and subsequently enacted Representation of the People Act.